If no candidate gets more than 50%, the last-place candidate is eliminated and that candidate’s votes are redistributed to their voters’ second choices. That process carries on until one candidate wins more than 50% of the vote and is declared the winner.
How the heck is that “fair”? If A is at 49%, B&C combined can be be at 51% so B wins? Yeah, I get that B may not be the same person...still....
Stupidest system ever devised for voting.
FWIW, that is how the Oscar for Best Picture is chosen - through rank choice voting.
It’s supposed to be the better way to choose your politician since it is considered a consensus choice. However, Maine’s CD2 congressman was chosen that way. The R won the first round but the democrat, Goldman won the second choice of the third place finisher and now he will never lose as in incumbent.
Dems are trying to use RCV in many other jurisdictions, but I think the reason they like it is because it is confusing and it is easier to manipulate the outcome they want, but maybe I am just a bit jaded.
It also clearly violates the principle of “one person, one vote” by counting an EXTRA vote (a do-over) to only those whose first votes were cast for a losing candidate.
. . .which is why the Leftish fans had it installed for the Hugo Awards.
And which we Sad Puppies fought a rear-guard action against/ / /